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Editorial Board

Editors-in-Chief
Peter Jüni
MD, FESC, University of Oxford, UK
Tianjing Li
PhD, University of Colorado Denver, USA 
Shaun Treweek
PhD, University of Aberdeen, UK

Founding Editor
Douglas Altman,
 University of Oxford

Senior Editors
Matthias Briel, MD, PhD, MSc, University of Basel, Switzerland
Bruno da Costa, PhDUniversity of Toronto, Canada
Mainga Hamaluba
MBChB, PhDKEMRI-Wellcome Trust, Kenya
Karla Hemming
PhDUniversity of Birmingham, UK
Will Meurer
MD, MS, University of Michigan, USA
Matt Sydes
BSc, MSc, University College London, UK

Protocol Editors
Kirsty Loudon, DPhil, MPH, BN, RGN, BSc Hons, Independent Researcher, UK
Riaz Qureshi, PhD, MS, Johns Hopkins University, USA

Amy Brenner, PhD, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
Samantha Cruz Rivera, PhD, University of Birmingham, UK
Diederik DeCock, MSc, KU Leuven, Belgium
Cheney Drew, PhD, Cardiff University, UK
Marloes Franssen, MSc, PhD, University of Oxford, UK
Alexander Gough, PhD, University of Birmingham, UK
Gillian Gresham, PhD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, USA
Helen Hickey, PhD, University of Liverpool, UK
Ivana Holloway, MSc, University of Leeds, UK
Brennan Kahan, PhD, University College London UK
Francesca Schiavone, PhD, MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, UK
Muslim Syed, PhD, MBBS, MCPS, MSc, University of Birmingham, UK
Nicholas Turner, BSc, MSc, University of Bristol, UK
Alexandra Wright-Hughes, MSc, University of Leeds, UK

Associate Editors
Piotr Adamski, MD, PhD, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland
Manmeet Ahluwalia, MD, MBA, FASCO, Miami Cancer Institute, USA
Victoria Allgar, BSc(Hons) , PhD, SFHEA, University of York, UK
Alain Amstutz, MD, PhD, University of Basel, Switzerland
Evelyn Ansah, MB ChB, MPH, PhD, FGCP, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana
Armin Attar, MD, PhD, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Mateus Dias Antunes, PhD, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Catherine Arundel, MSc, University of York, UK
Salla Atkins, PhD, Tampere University, Finland
Kerry Avery, PhD, University of Bristol, UK
Danila Azzolina, PhD, University of Ferrara, Italy
Mohammad Bagherniya, PhD, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Kishore Balasubramanian, BE, ME, PhD, Dr Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, India
Fatemeh Bazarganipour, PhD, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Marcus Bendtsen, PhD, Linköping University, Sweden
Zhaoxiang Bian, PhD, MD, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Linda Biesty,MSc, PhD, NUI Galway, Ireland
Jean Joel Bigna, MD, MPH, University of Paris Sud XI, France
Elena Bignami, MD, University of Parma, Italy
Oscar Bortolami, MSc, PhD, Syneos Health, UK
Carol Bugge, RN, PhD, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
Claudia Buntrock, PhD, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Félix Caballero, PhD, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Zhaolun Cai, MD, PhD, Sichuan University, China
Alison Calear, PhD, The Australian National University, Australia
Stephen Chapman,MRCS, PhD, University of Leeds, UK
Chunhoo Cheon, KMD, PhD, Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea
Yee Tak Derek Cheung, PhD, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Wai Tong Chien, PhD, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Babak Choodari-Oskooei, PhD, University College London, UK
Vincent Chung, BSc, MSc, PhD, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Barbara Clyne, PhD, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ireland
Sarah Cockayne, MSc, University of York, UK
Chris Coffey, PhD, The University of Iowa, USA
Simon CraigMBBS (Hons), FACEM, MHPE MPH, Monash University, Australia
Hang Ding, PhD, University of Queensland, Australia
Gheorghe Doros, PhD, Boston University, USA
Joel Dubin, PhD, University of Waterloo, Canada
Andrew Duckworth, BSc(Hons), MBChB, MSc, FRCSEd(Tr&Orth), PhD, University of Edinburgh, UK
Ahilanandan Dushianthan, MBBS, PhD, University Hospital Southampton, United Kingdom
Asim Ahmed Elnour, PhD, Al Ain University, UAE
Ann Ervin, PhD, MPH,  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
Caroline Fairhurst, MSc, University of York, UK
Emanuela Falaschetti, MSc, CStat, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Dazhi Fan, MD, Southern Medical University, China
Lilian Felicio, PhD., MD in Science Health (Orthopaedics and Physical Therapy Rehabilitation), Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil
Ryan Ferguson, MPH, DSc, Boston University School of Medicine, USA
Amy Finlay-Jones, BPsych(Hons), MPsych(Clinical), MHealthEcon, PhD (Clin Psych), Telethon Kids Institute, Australia
Christopher Gale, MBBS, MSc, PhD, Imperial College London, UK
Sherry Shiqian Gao, BDS, MSc, PhD, Xiamen University, China
Xiaoli Gao, MSc, PhD, FRACDS(DPH) , National University of Singapore, Singapore
Richard Garfinkle, MD, MSc, PhD, McGill University, Canada
Hrvoje Gasparovic, MD, PhD, FETCS, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Melina Gattellari, PhD, University of New South Wales, Australia
David Gillespie, BSc, PhD, Cardiff University, UK
Alexandra Gorelik, MSc, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia
Dario Gregori, PhD, University of Padova, Italy
Heidi Green, PhD, COUCH Health, UK
Maruti Gudavalli, PhD, Keiser University, USA
Jiong Jiong Guo, MD, PhD, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, China
Nut Koonrungsesomboon, MD, PhD, Chiang Mai University , Thailand
Sandeep Kumar Gupta, MBBS, MD, Heritage Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Fatemeh Haidari, PhD, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Jin Han, PhD, Black Dog Institute, Australia
Dietrich Haubenberger, MHSc, MD, University of California, San Diego, USA
Catherine Hayes, MD, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Anna Heath, PhD, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
Thomas Hellyer, PhD, Newcastle University, UK
Lars Hemkens, MD, MPH, Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Switzerland
Daniela Hesse, DDS, MSc, PhD, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tammy Hoffmann, FAHMS, FOTARA, PhD, Bond University, Australia
Philipp Houben, MD, University Hospital Münster, Germany
Jia Huang, PhD, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China
Felix Hüttner, MD, University Hospital Of Ulm, Germany
Ishrat Husain, MBBS, MD (Res.), MRCPsych, University of Toronto, Canada
Marcus Jepson, PhD, University of Bristol, UK
Lindsay Jibb, RN, PhD, CPHON, University of Toronto, Canada
Asbjørn Jokstad, DDS, The Arctic University of Norway, Norway
Silvia Jiménez Jorge, PhD, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Spain
Christopher Jones, MD, Rowan University, USA
Andrew Jull, PhD, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Hee-Yeon Jung, MD, PhD, Kyungpook National University Hospital, South Korea
Ruth Knight, PhD, University of Liverpool, UK
Arunkumar Krishnan, MD, West Virginia University School of Medicine, USA
Naoki Kodama, DDS, PhD, Okayama University, Japan
Karl-Friedrich Kowalewski, MD, MSc, Heidelberg University, Germany
Caroline Kristunas, BSc, MSci, PhD, University of Birmingham, UK
Pramod Kumar Manjhi, MD, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Xinxing Lai, MD, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, China
Pierfrancesco Lapolla, MD, University of Oxford, UK
Sarah Leatherman, PhD, Boston Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, USA
Hans Lederhuber, MD PhD MFSTE, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Ai-Hsien Li, MD PhD MPH, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
Ren Liao, MD, PhD, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, China
Teresa Liu-Ambrose, PhD, PT, University of British Columbia, Canada
Amanda López Picado, MD,  San Carlos University Hospital, Spain
Stephanie MacNeill, PhD, University of Bristol, UK
Ranjit Manchanda, MD, MRCOG, PhD, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Amelia Marques, PhD, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Evan Mayo-Wilson, DPhil, MPA, Gillings School of Global Public Health, USA
Natalie McEvoy, PhD, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
Christoph Michalski, MD, FACS, FRCS, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany 
Mislav MikuÅ¡, MD, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Ali Modabber, MD, DMD, PhD, University of Aachen, Germany
Ann Merete Møller, MD, Herlev University Hospital, Denmark
Zsolt Molnár, PhD, University of Szeged, Hungary
Amir Reza Moravejolahkami, PhD, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Adrià Muntaner-Mas, PhD, University of Balearic Islands, Spain
Bronwyn Myers, PhD, South African Medical Research Council, South Africa
Mona Nabulsi, MD,  American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Felix Nickel, MD, MME, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Adriani Nikolakopoulou, PhD, Institute of Medical Biometry and Statistics, Germany
Nuru Noor, MD, PhD,  Medical Research Council, UK
Ayodele Odutayo, MD DPhil, University of Toronto, Canada
Yongdong Ouyang, PhD, The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada
Philip Pallmann, PhD, Cardiff University, UK
Emily Peckham, PhD, BSc, University of York, UK
Patrick Phillips, PhD, MS, MA, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Nishad Plakkal, MBBS, MD,  Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, India
Ramesh Poluru, PhD, The INCLEN Trust International, India
Mohammad Reza Pourahmadi, PT, PhD, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Priya R Prabhu, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, USA
Zongshi Qin, PhD, Peking University Clinical Research Institute, China
Alba Realpe Rojas, PhD, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Yousef Rezaei, MD, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran
Claire Rickard, PhD, FAAN, FAHMS, FACN, Griffith University, Australia
Enrico Ripamonti, PHD, University of Brescia, Italy
Matthew Roberts, PhD, Monash University, Australia
Leila Rooshenas, PhD, University of Bristol, UK
Vincenzo Russo, MD, PhD, MMSc, University of Campania, Italy
Arabella Scantlebury, BSc, MSc, PhD, University of York, UK
JD Schwalm, MD, MSc, McMaster University, Canada
Jeremy Segrott, PhD, Cardiff University, UK
Shahzad Shaefi, MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School, USA
Lisa Shaw, MD, Newcastle University, UK
Pamela Shaw, PhD, MS, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Qian Shi, PhD, Mayo Clinic, USA
Frances Shiely, PhD, University College Cork, Ireland
Spyridon Siafis, MD, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Ehsan Sinaei, MGH Institute of Health Professions, USA
Jasvinder Singh, MPH, MD, Mayo Clinic, USA
Alice Sitch, PhD, University of Birmingham, UK
Claire Snowdon, PhD, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
Ratna Sohanpal, BDS, MSc, DDPH, PhD, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Annabelle South, PhD, University College London, UK
Benjamin Speich, PhD, Centre for Statistics in Medicine, UK
Kirsty Sprange, BA (Hons), BSc (Hons), MSc, University of Nottingham, UK
Puvanendran Tharmanathan, MSc, PhD, University of York, UK
Sowmy Thuppal, PhD, MD, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, USA
Jian-Feng Tu, PhD, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, China
Ruth Tunn, PhD, University of Oxford, UK
Victor Volovici, MD, PhDc, Erasmus MC, The Netherlands
Xue-Qiang Wang, PhD, Shanghai University of Sport, China
Fiona Warren, PhD MBPsS, University of Exeter, UK
Sam Watson, MBBS, PhD, University of Birmingham, UK
Natasha Weaver, PhD, University of Newcastle, Australia
Nefyn Williams, PhD FRCGP, University of Liverpool, UK
John Woodward, MS,  Independent, Goodenough Consulting LLC, USA
Chao-Qun Yan, Dr. med, Beijing University of Chinese Medcine Dongzhimen Hospital, China
Mingxiao Yang, MD, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China
Juan José Yepes-Nuñez, MD, MSc, PhD, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Jerry Yeung, BSc, PhD, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Mingyu Zhang, PhD, MHS, Harvard Medical School, USA
Lihui Zhao, PhD, Northwestern University, US
Tianqi Zhu, MD, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

 

Editorial Board
Fernando Althabe, MD, MSc, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Argentina
Jesse Berlin, ScD,  Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development, USA
Marion Campbell, PhD, University of Aberdeen, UK
Jonathan A Cook, PhD, University of Oxford, UK
Ralph D'Agostino, PhD, Boston University, USA  (deceased 2023)
Janet Dunn, PhD, CRC Trials Unit, UK
Diana Elbourne, PhD, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
Susan Ellenberg, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Dean Fergusson, PhD, MHA, FCAHS, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Canada
Toshiaki Furukawa, MD, PhD, Kyoto University, Japan
Paul Glasziou, FRACGP, PhD, AO, University of Oxford, UK
Christian Gluud, MD, Centre for Clinical Intervention Research, Denmark
Talia Isaacs, PhD, University College London, UK
Rod Jackson, PhD, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Igor Karp, PhD, Western Ontario, Canada
Nancy King, JD, Wake Forest School of Medicine, USA
Simon Lewin, PhD, Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Norway
Steff Lewis, MSc, PhD, Edinburgh University, UK
Sherman Leung, PhD, Wesley Research Institute, Australia
Thomas Lumley, PhD, University of Washington, USA
Finlay McAlister, MD, MSc, University of Alberta, Canada
Victor Montori, MD, Mayo Clinic, USA
Ian Needleman, BDS, MSc, PhD, MRDRCS, FDSRCS, FFPH, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, UK
Max Parmar, DPhi, University College London, UK
Tim Peto, PhD, Oxford University, UK
Gilda Piaggio,  PhD, World Health Organization, Switzerland
Bertram Pitt, MD, University of Michigan School of Medicine, USA
Stuart Pocock, PhD, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Philippe Ravaud, MD, PhD, The French Cochrane Centre, France
David Schriger, MD, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Kenneth Schulz, PhD, FHI 360, USA
Monica Taljaard, PhD, University of Ottawa, Canada
Lehana Thabane, PhD, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Canada 
David Torgerson, PhD, York University, UK
Luke Vale, PhD, University of Aberdeen, UK
Jessica Williams, BSc, MRES, PhD, AFHEA, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK
Taixiang Wu, MD, West China Hospital, Sichuan Uni, China

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